Picturesque and Sublime: Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance

by Jennifer Raab, Gillian Forrester, Tim Barringer

Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger. British artists including J.M.W. Turner and John Constable raised landscape painting to new heights and their work reached global audiences through the circulation of engravings. Thomas Cole, born in England, emigrated to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300233531
• ISBN13: 9780300233537
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 10.9"